Booher's Feline Rescue

My family and I established Booher's Feline rescue in 1999 to rescue stray and feral cats. It all started when a stray cat, who later became known as Callie, was found in our back yard. She was very pregnant, and very, very hungry. My family and I took her in, fed her, got her medical treatment, and found homes for her kittens.

Since my family and I live in an isolated mountain area, more and more cats began appearing at our house. Since Callie, more than 100 cats and kittens have passed through our doors. All have received food, medical care, and lots of love. Some have moved on of their own accord, some have found new homes, and those listed below have stayed to live out their lives with our family.

Because of the questionable background of the cats we care for, many have been dropped of at our house with injuries and diseases, ranging from worms to feline infectious peritonitis, to leukemia. Our vet bills have, at times, become astronomical. We currently have 8 cats living with us, some with health problems, some perfectly healthy. Because they are all spayed or neutered and all receive their shots and proper medical care, we are able to house them all together in a healthy, peaceful environment.

For more information on our rescue mission, please contact our Information Desk. We would also like to recommend our fantastic veterinarian, who has helped us out more htan we can say. His name is Dr. Justin Kontir, who is co-owner at the Mt. Pleasant Animal Hospital.

The cats currently living with us are listed below. Please click on each of their names to learn their stories.

• Baby
• Pretty Girl
• Domino
• Socks
• Porker
• Sassy
• Chip

There are several ways that you can help cats like ours to live a healthy, happy life:

1. Spay and neuter all your pets
2. If you decide you don't want a pet that you've taken into your home, please take it to a no-kill shelter. Dropping animals off at a farm or in the mountains leads to a lot of problems.
3. Report stray animals to the proper authorities. There are several groups that will spay and neuter animals, give them the proper medical care, and then release them into neighborhoods where people have agreed to feed and watch out for them. Your local vet can give you information on these organizations.
4. Instead of breeding your own pets when you want more, adopt from a shelter.

Please help prevent the tragedies that my cats, and many other animals have suffered. Everyone needs to be involved in some level in controlling the animal population, and in caring for the animals that are alone in the world, scared, hungry, injured, and sick.

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